Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Scorpion pose, becomes even more fun:)

Oh, I have now completed two rope yoga classes... and sir tells me that my pain-bearing capacity is what keeps me going:) I liked hearing that. When the pain, as the rope cuts into you, hits your brain, it sort of collapses -- the mind I mean crumbles. Then, if you can focus over all that pain static, then that is another zone altogether. U feel removed from physical pain, and other stuff, from the heart too. Vairagya can be rather a high!

Since my students are moving into scorpion (Mayank and Petros have got it, for sure) and I wish to be able to reach them beyond that, soon, I have been trying some variations. One is called the charging scorpion, where the legs hang rather low behind the head. Though I feel I am doing a commendable job, when I photo-shoot myself I see it does not seem to have reached impressive intensity:( So, now tried this leg cycling in the scorpion. Yes, yes, u can actually cycle your legs in the scorpion, like in the headstand. ...will video it as soon as I perfect it. This is my second attempt at this pose today, with cream on my elbows (my trainer-buddy Biki says I am not a woman any more with my feet all cut up, black-marked with kicking and guarding, and now the rope cuts at my toes...:so tried to bring some femininity back into my life with this cream routine, but its not going to work, because when I see I new pose, I must try it.. the other day tried lifting up from the pigeon to headstand... u can actually do that vinyasa... wow! That time I was between the computer table and the door) so this felt really nice. The legs drop back and forth. U can actually pedal your legs in the scorpion Mann! That feels immense... REALLY!

And please don't lecture me that this is just a stunt (these raja yogis, they are clueless really)... the mind has to be really calm to be able to reach things with the body... That is my centering. ...

What u need for this pose:

A strong pincha mayurasana. In fact, for all scorpion variations, the best start-up is pincha mayurasana... It is a pose def worth investing in...

Absolutely strong shoulders,

Lot of confident steadiness in the basic scorpion before u attempt any variation.

If u fall back, the ability to drop lightly (so u can immediately stand up... that would be my criteria of a light fall!)

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World as illusion: science speak

But our experience of a stable outside world is a consistent illusion that the brain creates. It is an illusion that has been `designed' long before we arrived on earth, for the purpose of biological survival. The illusion begins at the first neuron. Our senses grab only a little of reality; the eye takes in a trillionth of the energy which reaches it, the ear similarly. So, our experience of the world as stable is so because of the way the brain is organized, not because of the way the world is.

From The Healing Brain, by Robert Ornstein and David Sobel. For more astounding quotes go here...

DHYAN GYAN: silent yogi

Maharishi says

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

They know better:)

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